tempo

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Recent Examples of tempo Misa can make little plays and big plays with the puck while reading the game’s tempo and even dictating it. Eric Stephens, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 Somewhere between quiet storm soul, sophisti-pop, and down tempo indie rock, Durand Jones & The Indications spin out hypnotic grooves and breezy melodies. Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025 We will be focused on both huddle and tempo plays protecting the ball. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 Next, adding slow-tempo movement builds capacity without jolting your system. Dana Santas, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tempo
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Noun
  • Schweigert emphasized the importance of talking slowly, before sending participants back to the breakrooms to reintroduce themselves with a more deliberate pace.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In a sign of entrenched woes facing the world’s second-largest economy, data released this week showed factory output and consumption rising in August at their weakest pace in around a year.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Studies put misread rates between 10% and 35%, depending on conditions.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In Kansas City, a K5 robot named Marshall helped lower crime rates at Brywood Centre, a shopping mall in the Southeast portion of the city, according to multiple television reports last summer.
    PJ Green September 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By carefully adjusting the conditions of its trap and then releasing it briefly, the researchers could measure its velocity distribution.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
  • These delays go unnoticed until velocity drops.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both Nomad bikes are perfectly capable analog bikes in their own right, a rare attribute in a market obsessed with offering ever more speed and range.
    William Roberson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • As that suggests, a key element of the new fund is speed [and capitalizing on an opportunity.
    Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The level surface supports a more natural gait, improving mobility and balance.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Walters, 57, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at 21, which affects her gait and balance, requiring her to use a walking stick.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Tempo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempo. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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